This Spanish reading is about the history of chocolate from its Aztec roots to its modern popularity throughout the world.
Reading includes a full glossary of new vocabulary and 5 reading comprehension questions.
Level: in present and past tenses
Includes answer key.
In this reading, Ian, a student from London is asking his fellow students of French where they are from and what other languages they speak.
Reading includes a glossary of new vocabulary and a true/false reading comprehension section in English OR French.
Level: Beginner
Answer key included.
This worksheet is a great way to review clothing vocabulary in German!
It includes 3 parts:
Matching - students match up the English and German clothing vocabulary
Short reading-students read a short dialogue about someone buying clothes
Writing - students are required to write their own short script (this can be handed in for homework or performed for the class) based on the model script
NOTE: There are two versions of this the reading section, one includes some gap fill for adjective endings review.
This reading is about a young medical student who goes to Africa to volunteer with children. We also learn about her family and daily life. This reading serves as good practice for describing people’s appearance, personality, profession etc.
This reading is accompanied by 10 true/false reading comprehension questions in German and a glossary of new vocabulary.
Activity idea: After reading, have students show pictures of friends and describe them to their classmates.
Answer key included
In this funny reading, three friends are trying to decide what to do together but Caroline is in a bad mood and doesn't feel like doing anything!
The purpose of this reading is to introduce students to expressions using avoir:
j'ai peur
j'ai chaud
j’ai soif
jai mal au....
j'ai ... ans
Reading includes a short glossary of new vocabulary and 6 reading comprehension questions in English.
Editable Word file.
Answer key included.
In this reading a teenage girl introduces herself to her new neighbor. The dialogue incorporates a number of question words so students may learn how to form questions with interrogatives. The reading includes 6 true/false reading comprehension questions and a short writing assignment.
Activity idea: students may complete the writing assignment in class or for homework. They may then read their own dialogue with a partner.
Level: present tense only
Answer key included.
This German language reading is a biography on the life of Angela Merkel, the current Chancellor of Germany.
The reading includes a glossary of new vocabulary and five reading comprehension questions.
Level: Intermediate
With answer key
This 3-page file includes:
~A handout that explains the formation of regular and irregular forms of the future progressive in Spanish.
~A worksheet with 18 short answer questions with regular and irregular verbs.
~Answer key.
Examples:
Yo estaré cocinando los tacos. (cocinar)
Pedro …………… …………… mucho. (trabajar)
Editable word file.
This worksheet features a biography on the Guatemalan activist and Nobel prize winner Rigoberta Menchú. It is written from the first person perspective for students to practice regular and irregular yo forms of the preterite and imperfect verb conjugations.
Worksheet includes a glossary of new vocabulary and 6 true/false reading comprehension questions.
Answer key included.
In this beginner level reading three people describe their personal style both at work and in their personal time. It includes a lot of clothing vocabulary and some reflexive verbs for students to review.
The reading is followed by 8 reading comprehension questions.
Answer key included.
This one page worksheet focuses on adjective agreement. Students are required to fill in the missing word by translating it from English into the correct form in Spanish being mindful of the number and gender!
This worksheet has a total of 18 exercises including descriptive adjectives (rojo), limiting adjectives (mucho) and adjectives which shorten (primero,bueno).
Editable file.
This 3-page file includes:
~A Spanish biography on the Cuban-American singer Camila Cabello. This reading includes many uses of the preterite tense. The reading includes a glossary of new vocabulary, 5 true/false comprehension questions and an exercise where students have to provide the 3rd person singular form of 8 irregular verbs in the preterite tense.
~The same reading with the preterite tense verbs missing. Students are required to fill in the verbs to complete the biography.
~Answer key.
Makes for great review of the preterite in context, also great as a sub plan or for early finishers!
This 3-page file includes:
~A beginner level reading in which a 15-year-old high school student describes his daily routine with exact times including all of his extracurricular activities. The reading includes six comprehension questions.
~Answer key
~A worksheet for students to complete about their own schedule to finish in class or for homework.
Editable word file.
This German worksheet is a great review for students on recognizing weak nouns. The worksheet features three parts:
Matching up the German weak noun with the English meaning
Declining weak nouns in sentences
Reading a short passage and circling all the weak nouns in context
Includes the following nouns:
der Architekt
der Mensch
der Student
der Kunde
der Rabe
der Name
der Herr
der Löwe
der Tourist
der Junge
der Neffe
der Held
der Schimpanse
der Nachbar
der Gedanke
Editable word file.
Answer key included.
This beginner level German reading is centered around two roommates who live together. The reading includes a glossary of new vocabulary and 8 reading comprehension questions.
Note: This reading is also available in my Beginner German Workbook.
Level: A1
Editable word file.
Answer key included.
Students work alone, in pairs or in small groups to fill in the missing information about 20 famous Hispanic people. It is a great way for students to review forming nationalities and professions in Spanish while getting to know famous Hispanic leaders.
The objective is to correctly fill in the missing nationality and profession in the correct form (male/female).
NOTE: There are two versions of the game:
~One version contains hints by allowing students to know how often each profession and nationality is used as well as hints on the male/female forms.
~The second version has no hints at all.
Ideal as a sub plan or for cultural/grammar homework, or even as a competitive game between groups!
Includes answer key.
This handout introduces German students to the most common affirmative and negatives. The explanation is followed by 10 fill in the blank sentences to complete.
Editable Word file.
Answer key included.
Includes the following:
ja
nein
immer
nie, niemals
jemand(en)
niemand(en)
etwas
nichts
irgendwo
nirgendwo
auch
entweder… oder
weder……noch
einige
kein
This 3-page file includes:
~A cultural reading on traditional South American foods. It includes a paragraph on the types of food cultivated by indigenous people before the arrival of European. It also includes a short paragraph of each on: arepas, empanadas, asados, dulce de leche.
~A separate page with nine reading comprehension questions.
~Answer key.
NOTE: This reading is in English, I also offer a similar reading in Spanish in my store.
In this humorous reading, an energetic grandmother from Quebec visits her grandson and his family and cleans up a storm! Students can learn lots of useful vocabulary for chores around the house.
This reading includes a glossary of new vocabulary, four reading comprehension questions in English and a French writing prompt.
Activity Idea: Have students read this in pairs and then tell each other in French what their daily, weekly and monthly chores are in the home.
Editable word file.
Includes answer key.
Vocabulary includes:
fait la vaisselle
fait les lits
passe l’aspirateur
sort les poubelles
nettoie la maison
This 3-page file includes:
~A reading in which the narrator is flying to Hamburg. Once he arrives at the hotel there is a script between himself and the receptionist. The reading includes a full glossary of travel vocabulary in English and German. This reading is entirely in the present tense.
~A second page with 8 reading comprehension questions in German.
~Answer key.
Editable word doc.